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Contact Centers Focusing Less on 80/20 Service Level

Fonolo

In the wide world of call center metrics, “service level” has always held a special place. Its origins go back over 5 decades, to the earliest days of call centers. Contact centers are realizing more and more that adhering too closely to this one metric may not yield optimal results. Average Handle Time.

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Operational Indicators – Average Handle Time (AHT)

Taylor Reach Group

Have you ever wondered what is behind any of the Contact Center operational indicators? In this article, we tackle one of the most important indicators; Average Handle Time (AHT). AHT is defined as the total amount of time (on average) that an agent spends on a contact. Bottom Line.

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Optimize Contact Center Efficiency: How to Balance Cost & Quality

Calabrio

Workforce Management Optimize Contact Center Efficiency: How to Balance Cost & Quality Share Solving the cost-quality equation: how to optimize contact center efficiency Every contact center faces a version of the classic business dilemma: how to deliver excellent service while keeping operational costs under control?

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Calculating Average Handle Time in Light of Customer Experience and IVRs

Taylor Reach Group

Definition of Average Handle Time: The average time spent handling a contact with a customer, which may be a call, email, chat or any kind of request. Calculation: Total Handle Time/Total Contacts. By: Peg Ayers and Turaj Seyrafiaan.

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Achieving Excellence: Best Practices for Contact Center Performance and Quality Assurance

Hodusoft

Achieving Excellence: Best Practices for Contact Center Performance and Quality Assurance Whether you are an entrepreneur or a professional in the contact center industry or any other sector, you know that implementing best practices can enhance performance by leaps and bounds and drive success.

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4 Effective Contact Center Development Ideas

Fonolo

Entrepreneur and CRM expert Bobby Darnell describes business development as a “contact sport.” When it comes to contact center development, what Darnell means is that you must engage. You can’t passively improve a call center. . Call center development is an essential subset of any overall business development plan.

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Metrics That Matter: Service Level

Taylor Reach Group

Service level is one of the most common metrics employed at call and contact centers to define how the center is performing. But not everyone understands what service level is really referring to. But not everyone understands what service level is really referring to. By Colin Taylor.